Comments on: Apple May Go Where Google Won’t: Facial Recognition

By: Brandon

Brandon — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 21:51:27 +0000

If we get to the point where we can find out information about someone before we start to have a conversation. There where do emotions and peoples feelings come into play? Someone who may have had to file bankruptcy a few years ago, most likely doesn’t bring it up during conversations.

Another reason this can get out of control is if humans start to use physical attributes as security tokens. The rule is, build the best security and the world will develop a smarter hacker. If someone cracks your password now, you change your password. If someone can duplicate your fingerprint, how do you change yours?

By: sam

sam — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 21:21:54 +0000

Hey Liz

Pranav mistry actually gave the speech you would have included the original

http://www.ted.com/speakers/pranav_mistry.html

By: sam

sam — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 21:20:26 +0000

Pranav mistry actually gave the speech

http://www.ted.com/speakers/pranav_mistry.html

By: B Hanson

B Hanson — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 08:03:41 +0000

Facial recognition is lame and over-rated, the best place to use it is for cops to name the people walking down public streets. Ho hum.
There’s a whole heap of people who like to be recognised. Even Julian Assange does now.

By: Apple Buys Swedish Facial Recognition Firm | eWEEK Europe UK

Apple Buys Swedish Facial Recognition Firm | eWEEK Europe UK — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 07:41:30 +0000

[...] Rose buy might be a good indication as to why, providing a differentiator for Apple. As GigaOm noted, Google has been reluctant to imbibe Goggles with facial recognition technology until it hashes out [...]

By: Has Apple stolen Facebook’s future with the launch of FaceTime? « excapite

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 05:04:54 +0000

[...] This (r)evolution in interactive media will become even more stimulating and invasive when we no longer have to point, click and discover who our next friend will be and we simply have to scan the crowd with our phone to discover who the “high value” (Think: Entertainment) social connections are in the room (See It’s not what you know, It’s not even who you know, It’s how you choose to connect. and GigaOm’s Apple May Go Where Google Won’t: Facial Recognition) [...]

By: Dan Fonseca

Dan Fonseca — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 21:17:51 +0000

I think Schmidt is right. That is just “too creepy”; we have privacy issues already. However I do think this technology could be applied for security entrance purposes.

Thoughts?

http://www.danfonseca.wordpress.com

By: taran

taran — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:54:57 +0000

wish Apple Inc. works on the technology shown in the TED video given and make it into a commercial product!

By: Ed

Ed — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:59:08 +0000

Facial recognition,at least in iPhoto is not all that precise. All of my dogs are properly identified, but a lot of relatives are considered to be two or more different people. In many cases,the difference is what hat a person is wearing, or what kind of hairdo a woman has

By: Liz Gannes

Liz Gannes — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:57:06 +0000

Good point, thanks.